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VO!CE CANADA THE EMPIRE THE WORLD AT LAKCiE o/ the PRESS CANADA A Little Too Far And supiiosc the thealros stopped the show every few minutes to talk about acidity, moutli wash or auto parts. â€" Brandon Sun. Million Accident* Ontarii) has had a million acci- dents since rJlT). There is evident- ly lots of field for such organization aa the Safety I/ea>fue to work in. â€" Petc:I)(>rouKh Kxamincr. What Police Are For In the very existence of a revolver are potentialities of tragedy. Tens of thousands of Canadians who now own BUch weapons would be better advi.sed to de[iond on police for their protec- tion. That is what poliie are for- â€" Edmonton Journal. Troubles Would Be Multiplied If goveriiiiienl loans were made too ea.sy to obtain, there is reason to fear that the farjiier, who.se present difTi- culties arise from too heavy a load of debt, woulil find before lonfc that his tioubles had been multiplied i load of beini< banished. â€" Fort William Times-Journal. No "Free Hand" Possible How can liritain and France agree to the chief objective of the Hitler regime â€" a free hand in central Eu- rope'.' What is meant Is annexation of German sei lion.i of Czechoslovakia and Austiia. France, for instance, has defen.'-ive and offenBive treaties with t'le little Kntente nations. â€" Kiajrara Falls Keview. Underpaid Teachers ft i.; la.sy enouKh to crilicize school teachers at.'i to say .some --f them have not the necessary <|ualilicat ions for their dulie.^, but .school leacher.s are human beings who must live 'ke everyone else. And if we think so little of the dutie.s of the teaching' profe.ssion that we withhold from the members of that profession adequate rewards for the services they per- form, then the resjionsibility is not upon the teachers at all, but upon the whole population. â€" Halifa.x Her- ald. Ontario's North Premier IIo|iburn forecasts a far- reachinK projjram of .N'orthern On- tario <levelopment. "We mu.st now turn our eyes," the head of the (lovernment says, "to Northern Ontario and recu(fnize its potentialities, for the hojie of this province lies, to a K'eat extent, in the North." What Mr. Hepburn .says Is (general- ly recognized. The wealth of the North has contributed in large meas- ure to the progress of this province for a K""d many years now. It is generally recognized, also, Ih. t only a start lias been made, that the great- fst development lies ahead. â€" Windsor Daily Star. Dangerous Pedestrians If a motorist creates a traflic haz- ard by pushing through sto|i lights, by cxces.sive speed and by erratic driving, to an almost similar degree does a pedestrian create a traflic haz- ard by disobeying trafTic sitjnals, dart- ing out from the curb between in- tersection^ and genejally proceedint,' as thou-h in a mental foj,'. If it is fair and rea.stJMable. as it is, to pun- ish a motorist fm- driving to the com- mon dainrer, why is it not e<;unlly fair and I'-nsunnble to penalize a i)c- destrian fi,r walking to tin- common danger? Hiaven knows we would not increase the burdens of the average man afoot, who has enough to do dodging careless drivers, lint just as there is a type of hopeless motoiisl who needs to be disciplined, so is there a typ<- of defiant, discourteous and reckl'.ss |)edestrian who needs to be curbed. â€" Vancouver .Sun. No Such Thing As *'Wind.Burn" When the jieople talk of ivind- liurn they .iic talking about some- thing that d.ies not exist. .Scientists At New Yoik L'niversity found by test that wind does not produce chapping or icdne.ss of the skin, but that it meicly makes the action of ♦he sun greater by reducing the mois- ture of the skin. Wind iUelf does Mot redden the skin, but it helps the •un do it. The ultra-violet rays of the sun cause sunburn, and thasa act Sore violently on skin that has baan led with the wind. Since the construction of a naw tOnA, a railroad, waterway, airway lUd motor hlg^hway all meet at onf Ent in the v1!kg« of Tushino, near scow. iU-O THE EMPIRE Our Trade With India A feature of the returns for the current fiscal year is the greater trade with the Union of South Africa and with Canada. Neither Dominion en- joys any preference in the Indian market and Canada at least feels aggrieved, as she given Indian pro- ducts preferential treatment. Uoth the Union and Canada are in a strong po.sition, as in most years In- dia erxports much more to them than they .send to her. In the first three months of this year, however, Can- ada's exports to India were three times their value in the correspond- ing i)criod of 1.0.3G and trade between the two countries almost balances. This situation is not wholly normal, and the Canadian Government is likely to ask for trade negotiations once those in London are over. â€" Calcutta Statesman. Democracy at Bay Agglomerations of individuals throughout the world are agitating for justice being meted out to China. There is not on record an instance of even one solitary body agitatini-c for placidity being the policy in re- gard to .'apan. It remains, therefore, for the peoples of the various na- tions to assert their wills. Recently we wrote about the J'opular Front 1 oming to Asia. Uy that we did not mean Communism in all its crude- ness. What we meant, and we make the e.\' ilanation in view of the fa t that we have been told that oin- policy is rather inclined toward the "red" policy, is that \.e stand first and fore- most for the pure principles of de- itiociacy, which actually means eijual- ity in all things national and interna- tional When one con-iders that throut'hout the world there ore mil- lions of liberally-minded iieople, one realizes whit enormous power is vir- tually at the back of China. The cause of China is the cause of Democ- racy. -Hong Kong .N'ews. Ai.'plane Pilots' Asbestos Suits Will Enable British Flyers Land Blazing Ship and Escape to Urilish air pilots are to fly in (lie- proof dolliesâ€" aslieslos suits in which a man could sit In a petrol hiaze with- out serious Injury. Ground llretiBhtlng trials with heavy asbestos suits have produced the new flying type, said to be llglit- er than the lined flying suits now worn by I!. A. K. men. The material Is closely woven light asbestos. The flyer wearing such a suit has time after catching fire in the air to land bis plane and est-ape. In an ordinary fabric flying suit a pilot cannot. Teats have shown that a pilot can- not stand llie heat of a real blaze In his plane for more than a few seconds. An tnjurcil man in a llnproof suit could live Honio lime in a crashed blazing pl.uic until rescuers pulled him cbsir. The suit consists nf an over- all "iMldy bear" suit, belmei, gloves and emeij^cncy visor. Centenarian Eggs Perplex Customs Australian Officials Are Worrying About the High Duty on 100- Year-Old Ovoids from China. Customs nfficliil.s of the .\iislrallaii Government arc now pnndoiing on a piobleni which is taxing their limen- unity. They are trying lo decide who. tlier they shoiild reduce the tariffs on Imported eggs so as to allow the en- try of lOilyear-old c>(ms which the Chinese of Aiislialia badly want but cannot gel. These iinclrnt eggs are a great (l.li racy In China. They are encased in a thick coating of dried mud and you (•nil hear Ilie contents of the shell ralllc when you glvi> il a sliake. Venerable Delicacies rhinese e«g <!X|)orleis say lliat II would not be worth their wlillc lo send IhcHH venerabin delicacies to Aiislial- ia while llin customs duties are so high. On Hie other hand, Ausliallan ((gg produreiH nro protest lug cuiphal- Ically agaiiiHt the linpnrtalion of e^gs, and they Hr^Ue that they can supply all AuHlralla's egg I'Hqiiireininls Hut HiIr argument does nol lelp the Chlnesd residents wlio. longing r<n' eggH uf the cuntHnarlan type, say they can only get those which nr« less than a week old, and so fiesli that they up set Chinese stomachB. And so, whilo trying to fosler trade betwoon Cliliia and AiiHlialia, iIki ciis toma ofriclals aie mopping their brows In an effort to please all tho parties MOceilMdlt Planes Reveal Unsealed Peak Clinnbers Will Study Animal Life on Unexplored Moun- tain Top in Venezuela An expedition soon will attempt to climb Mount Auyantepuy, hitherto unsealed peak in southern Venezuela, the American Museum of Natural His- tory announces. lOxIstence of the mountain was re- vealed by airplanes aa access lo It is shut off to the north by impenetrable forest and lo tlie south by unexplored Hrazlli:;n jungle. No Kverest in height â€"it rises <iiily 8,000 feetâ€" it has a huge flat summit, 300 square miles in area. Enormous Plateau The expedition, now at Ciudad Boli- var In Central Venezuela, will fly to the base of Auyantepuy, establisli a main camp at about the 5,000-foot mark and from there push to the top. Hr. George H. If. Tate of the mua- Ohm, will load the party. Dr. Tate took part In two previous expeditions to neighboring peaks in 1928 and 19:.'lt. The area is believed to have beiui at onj' lime an enormous plateau which through the centuries has been eroded into a series of separate moun- tains. Main object of the expedition will be to study bird and mammal life on the Isolated mountain top. Christmas Day ^ Programs ^ The Canadian Broadcasting Corpora- tion Schedule For December 25th .\!l prograiiis will bi^ carried over the CBS .Vational Network. (Kastern Stauihird Time used through- 01 t) I'. ."ill a.m.- oniiial opening of Iho On- tario Ilegir-ial Transmiiter, CBL.. Inaugural Message from the Hon- ourable ('. I). Howe, Minister or Transport. ' . 111.00 â€" Ttie King's Mes.sage. 10.10â€" Contjiniaiidii of Olliclal Open- ing. 10. ?,«- Music by 'Ihe Toronto Sym phony Orchestra, condiir-ted by Sir Kriiest Macinillan, and the Mendel- .isohn Choir, coiidueti'd by Dr. If. A. Krciekr. 11.00 a.m. â€" Chrisliiias .Morning Ser- vice from St. James f.'athedral, To- ronto. 12.00 noon 'The Christmas Stock- ing," a children's fantasy. 1. 00 pm. -Special Christmas Dii." pro- gram from the Vatican. 2.00 |).ni. â€" Meliopolilan Opera Com- pany, tiounod's "Ilomeo and Juliet." .").00 p.m.â€" •Canadian Christmas," a panorama of Canadian Christmas scenes. fi.SO p.m.â€" 'The Animals' Christmas," a tal by Dan McCowan. 8.(10 p.m. â€" ''Heliideer Christmas,'' a lilay written by Her Kxcelloncy, Lady Tweedsmuir; from Toronto. S.30 p.m.â€" "Yuletlde Music"; fronn Vancouver. 9 00 p.m.â€" N.H.Iv. Hockey Broadeast. 10..'!i> p.m. -NBC Symphony Orchestra with Arturo Toscanlnl conducting. 11. .10 p.m.â€" Canadian Press News; weather forecast. Britain Studies Evacuation Plan For Larger Centres â€" Air Raid Precautions For City of London LONDON. â€" Tho air raids precau- tions bill received third reading In the House of Commons without division and was sent to llin House of Lords. Home .Secretary Sir Samuel Hoare, defending tho bill against liUbor at- tacks, declared tlio "best defence for r.oiuion Is a strong and vigorous air force, capabli; of tylOK down tho enemy's air force to local defence." He annonneod the air raid Bi'ecau- tlons department would be reorgaii Ized along service linos. Sir Samuel said the government re- garded Ihe (lueslldii of evacuating civ- ilian populations ill lilt! event of air allarl; as 'very urj,'i'iit." A new clause had been added to tlie bill, ho said, to permit the government lo proceed with plans for Iniiisferring popiila lions in emergeiuy, as well as tor Ihe care of refugees. There are more than UOO broad- casting stations in Ihe United States. Movie Si Radio Ti Br ViROtNIA DALS : Half of Hollywood is di i,';eialy searching for giddy comedies, the sort that have made Carole Lombard and Irene Dunne outstanding: stars. The rest of the film colony figure that the public is going to be fed up on loony antics soon, and are getting ready to delve into very serious film biographies. (iarbo still wants to do a comedy, but has turned down four stories that the studio has submitted to her. Kay Francis is all set to launch into a laugh epic. Tyrone Power and I.oretta Young have started wbrk.on "Her Mas- terpiece," hoping that it will be as en- tertaining as their current "Second Honeymoon." In the biograph- ical division, there is the life of Clara Barton in which Irene Dunne will star, the life of Al- exander Graham Bell, inventor of tho telephone, in which Tyrone Power will be featured, and the life of George Sand, woman novelist, which will star the dainty Annabella. BT"^: Kay Francis In the latest radio poll Charlie McCarthy, to no one's surprise, is voted the most popular radio star, and by a wide margin, too. The great hit of the ventriloi|uist's dum- my and the growing appeal of Betty Lou, that imaginary character on t;ie Vallce hour, has set radio sponsors to looking for novelties. And the next one to bid for your approval will be a talking parrot. Sketches are all written for the bird, but the leatliery star itself has not been lo- cated. It seems that all the tryouts ha'.e been a failure. It takes a long time to scoie suc- cess in radio, motion pictures, and on the stage, so it is a good idea to start at the age of eleven as Joy Hodges did. She is almost twenty- ono now and can point with pride to the months when she sang on the radio with Ted Fio Rito's and Ozzie Nelson's orchestras. You will see her on the screen in Universal's "Merry Go Kound of 1938" and she is playing the lead with George Co- han in the outstanding Broadway hit of tho year, "I'd Bather Be Bight," which spoofs the New Deal in amiable fashion. She supported herself all through her four years at Des Moines high school by singing at revival meet- ings and on the radio. When you see Carole Lombard in "Nothing Saared," and Barbara Stanwyck in "Breakfast for Two," you may assume that a course in boxing is a necessary part of every screen actress' training. Barbara puts on gloves and goes after Herbert Marshall for all she Is worth, pum- meling and swinging until you begin to fear that Marshall will have to play masked bandit roles the rest of hi» life. Carole doesn't stop for gloves or any such niceties. She just goes into a slap-happy routine with Fredric March with no holds barred. Tho .M-G-M- radio hour, improving every week, is going to be even bet- ter, because it has been decided to con- centrate more on comedy. Ted Uealy, who hasn't had a chance really to dis- tinguish himself in their pictures, has walked off with all the honors in their radio shows. .-Ml in- quiries about audi- .Milton Bene '"". "â- ""''""". l"".'"« Hejily specialties. > eu will le getting them from now on. i!oon Iv. K. 0. will launch a la- dio hour with Milton Bevle as mas- ter of ceremoniesâ€" probably late at iiiglil so that it won't interfere with B. C. Introduces Borstal System Reform«tcry For Younger Offend- ers To Be Built At Burnaby VICTORIA.â€" Premier T. D. Paltullo said last week that his government In- tends to catabllah an institution run on the linos of the "'Borstal System" for Brithih Columbia's youthful delin- quents. The system would be introduced for delinquents between the ages of 18 and 25 years, the Premier assured a deputation representing the John Howard Society for Penal Reform. He said It would be Inaugurated In Burnaby municipality, near Vancou- ver, In tho former premises of the Home for the Friendless, which the Government purchased after that charitable-religious Institution was closed following a Government Inves- tigation. To Promote Good Conduct Headed by Ui-rht Rev. H. E. Sex- ton, Bishop of Columbia, the deputa- tion offered the co-operation of the John Howard Society in the after-care work of the Borstal system, whereby youths are supervised for two years after leaving a penal Institution. Tho original Borstal system, intro- duced at Borstal prison, Kent, in 191)2, divides prisoners into three progres- sive classes to which they may be pro- moted by industry and good conduct. It also seeks to train them in a craft they may practice after leaving the institution. See Ancient Libya A "Granary" Again Colonists Under Balbo Restore Fertility to Desert Oui'^ed by the iron hand of Marshal Halo Balbo, the colony of Libya, Af- rii a. is slowly but steadily reconquor- ing its ancient place as the "irranary of the empire." Cyronaica, v.ith an area of 73.000 sfiuaie miles long neilected by the plow, has conqueieJ t'le Invading des- ert s;;nds. After the I{..mans left, Cyronaica bocaue> a waste. During Jul. . the .\frican colony fur- nished Ital; v.lth 21,000 quintals of bard wheat. (.\ ([uintal is sli.^htly more than three and one-half bush- els.) Bumper Cereal Production Although oflicial st;Uistics for this year's crop are not yet available, agri- cultural experts estimate that the province of Triiioli alone has yielded approximately 150,000 quintals of bar- ley and 3G,000 quintals of wheat. All the potential resources of the colony are being gradually exploited to make the production sutficient for •U expanding population and to eman- cipate the fatherland from the iiupor- tation of certain products. This am- bitious goal already has been attained for cellulose by the Intensive cultiva- tion of alpha, a crop that is particu- larly abundant this year. Italian colonists hope that, weather conditions remaining favora'.de. the production will reach its peak next year. It is also hoped thai the present maximum of 18 quintals per hectar will be Improved through greater use of choice seeds and chemical fortiliz- your going to the theater to see their pictures. ODDS AND ENDSâ€" Grand Nati- onal has ambitious plans to star Tex Bitter, Ken Maynard and Biith Mix in one big super-Western . . . When you hear a dog barking in the radio serial 'Pepper Young's Family," it isn't a sound-effects man at work. It is the well-trained pet of Jean So- thern, regular member of the cast . . . Charlie Farrell, encouraged by the great come-back of his former "nrtner, Janet Gaynor, is going to â- y a comeback too, with Paramount . . . Kleanor Holm had to swim along- side two aligators in "Tarzan's Re- venge." Two villc ntarksnien stood by just in case . . . Latest actor to V :int Olivia do llavilland to play op- jiosite him in a Broadway stage play IS Brian Aherne, but she still says ".Vo" . . . Voting will begin soon for best screen performance of the year and Charles Boycr is likely to win for Ills jiortrayal of Napoleon in "Con- ([Ucs'." . . . Meanwliile several radio sponsors have voted Xadine Conner, currently subbing for Jeanni tte Mae- Honald Sunday nights, the best wo- man singer on the air. Will Challenge VaUdity' TORO.NTO. â€" Premier Hepburn ol Ontario announced last week-end that unless the Federal Government agrees lo permit the Ontario Hydro-EIectrlc Power Commissi "1 to export suiTi'us power lo the United States, the. On- tario Government, with support ol Quo'joc, v.'ill challenge the validity of federal legislation imposing the prohibition on export. • ' "M i News In Review |' Insurgents' Mistaken Bombing HE.NDAYE, Franco-Spanish Fron- tier.â€" Spanish Government dispatches reported last week that insurgent air- men Inflicted serious damage and'cas- ualtles In a mistaken bombardmeqt of their own field base at ViUafranca del Ebro on tho north-eastern war-front. Insurgents resumed bombardment of Madrid, damaglpg Government Tjar- ricades in the Univeraii/ City and Casa de Carapo areas. Government reports were that 15 persons were killed and more than 30 woundei. Canada Has No "Treasury" REOINA. â€" Hon. N. \V. Ro*fell, chairman of the Koyal Commissiogi on Dominion-Provincial relations, warn- ed this week against an apparehtly widespread assumption that "some kind of treasury exists at Ottawa from which unlimited sums may be drawn for useful public purposes." "We've pretty nearly reached 'the point where Canada cannot increase its public debt further; rather. It must be reduced." Mr. Rowell said. Fatal Explosion ' H.\MILTON. â€" Three workmen were killed and one slightly injured by ex- plosions and fire that destroyed tho $200,000 benzol recovery unit of the Steel Company of Canada plant.* Bod- ies of the three were recovered. . Spy Condemned PR.\IIA, Czechoslovakia.â€" A Czech military court this week pronouoced tho first death sentence for military espionage since introduction of an espionage law in May, 193(5. > The man condemned was Josef Bra- di, minor official of Asch, a town in Northwest Czechoslovakia. The coun- try for which he was convictei! of spying was not disclosed. Record Gold Production > OTTAWA. â€" A record Canadian pro- duction of gold aggregating close to $145,000,000. is reported by the Uoi^art- ment of Jlines for Ihe year now end- ing. Last year the ouiput tot»lled about $130,000,000. Experience shows that In December the productisjn is always stepped up. the comjanies cleaning tho mills of all the r>:e on hand. Professional Murders . P.\RIS. â€" Two women who had an- swered help wanted advertisements inserted in newspapers by Eugene Weldmann. confessed oxecutConef for a murder-for-profit ring, are now re- ported missing. Investigating iwlice said they faared that tho two women may have met the same fate as Mine. Jeanne Keller, six'i of Weidmanu's known vli'flms, whose body was found in a Jon- talnebleaii forest grave. His confes- sion that he had killed Jean DeKiA-en, young Brooklyn. N.Y., dancer, smart- ed the prolonged investigation. British Note to Japan LON'DO.N. Great Britain lust week- end sent a formal protest to Ja^an, demanding "actual measures" to *alt attacks on British vessels. The rtote. which turned out to bo milder tjian tho .American protest, which President Roosevelt sent to Japan, over tho sinking of the II.S.S. Panay, assorted that the Tokio Government failed 'to carry out previous promises to i«e- spect British lives and property In China. The note was despatched after Foi-- oign Secretary Anthony Eden told the House of Commons that Britain worlrj not lie salistled with tho mere note ot apology delivered by Japan. * A South China Conflict Expected ' SH.WGHAl. -- Leaders of Japan'* armed forces were reported this week* to ba preparing u great drive into> South China to complete their con- quest of this warravaged nation. Uo-j ports of tho impeiuiing South China invasion, which would bring Japan ». Into oven graver collision with nrltiah'^' interests, came from many quarters.* Rrit'sh railways now employ near- * ly (UHl.tiOO persons. " < Z^^^^T^ *-v^\w*«U-'Ht:t 'â- â- â€¢*:'-•.•: -â- .^â- â- â- yt'ff1f^M\'.- Fatal Plane Crash in Harbor of Brindisi, Italy i^ IS*-. >r:Vt''.":>':.''-.V â- â-  X'^'-^'-'V â- â€¢â- '*^SS^V;.:;:m| f <> i« 1 The In.jurial Airways huge flying boat "Cygnus" crashed and sank to the bottom of the harbor at BrlndiaL Italv whiU »n rnii». »« I «» * H don from Karachi, India. A member of the crew and six were killed. onnaiai, iiaiy, while en route to Lon- f» \